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When to Use Wikipedia
Traditionally, universities have considered any kind of encylopedia to be an inappropriate source for academic level research. Wikipedia is particularly suspect and its use is often banned completely by professors. Why?
Like the Internet, Wikipedia is an open, collaborative product, which means that anyone can add any kind of information to it without the information being verified or documented. The anonynmous nature of contributions makes the information suspect and open to abuse - there have been several well-documented cases of deliberately false articles being added. Although Wikipedia is working toward a peer-review process for its articles, most UM professors will not allow it to be used in papers or assignments.
Talk to your instructor BEFORE you use Wikipedia for any part of your Arts 1110 research paper!
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